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LATEST NEWS
01.10.2004
EurepGAP Coffee Code launched
in (Green) Coffee
... and Utz Kapeh coffee certification program officially benchmarked by EurepGAP.
EurepGAP launched the new EurepGAP coffee reference code for the European retail market. This new code provides coffee producers and European retailers with a set of criteria for Good Agricultural Practices in coffee production.
The new code follows the format of other EurepGAP codes, covering the critical areas from record keeping and pesticide management, through worker health and safety and environmental and social issues. Particular emphasis has been placed on developing meaningful, implementable guidelines that work for both large estates and smaller farms. The new code enables coffee producers to ensure that their product meets the demands of the European retail market. To European retailers this means that besides fresh fruits and vegetables, cereal and livestock farming, coffee is the next food product available according to EurepGAP standards.
The EurepGAP Coffee Reference Code was developed in cooperation with the international coffee certification program Utz Kapeh (www.utzkapeh.org), who are experienced in implementing EurepGAP standards in the coffee industry, and endorsed by the EurepGAP Technical and Standards Committee (TSC) for Coffee.
At the same time, the TSC approved the international coffee certification program Utz Kapeh as being benchmarked.
Responsible Technical Manager for Coffee in the EurepGAP Secretariat is Valeska Weymann (weymann@foodplus.org)
See more in our joint PRESS RELEASE
EurepGAP launched the new EurepGAP coffee reference code for the European retail market. This new code provides coffee producers and European retailers with a set of criteria for Good Agricultural Practices in coffee production.
The new code follows the format of other EurepGAP codes, covering the critical areas from record keeping and pesticide management, through worker health and safety and environmental and social issues. Particular emphasis has been placed on developing meaningful, implementable guidelines that work for both large estates and smaller farms. The new code enables coffee producers to ensure that their product meets the demands of the European retail market. To European retailers this means that besides fresh fruits and vegetables, cereal and livestock farming, coffee is the next food product available according to EurepGAP standards.
The EurepGAP Coffee Reference Code was developed in cooperation with the international coffee certification program Utz Kapeh (www.utzkapeh.org), who are experienced in implementing EurepGAP standards in the coffee industry, and endorsed by the EurepGAP Technical and Standards Committee (TSC) for Coffee.
At the same time, the TSC approved the international coffee certification program Utz Kapeh as being benchmarked.
Responsible Technical Manager for Coffee in the EurepGAP Secretariat is Valeska Weymann (weymann@foodplus.org)
See more in our joint PRESS RELEASE